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Adam Prince, former Director of Development for Robert Duvall’s production company, joins the podcast to discuss the great Robert Duvall in general, his perhaps lesser-known anarchic sense of humor in specific (Duvall apparently was a legendary practitioner of mooning in his younger days), his world-class acting talent, and his precise, in-the-moment methodology, in specific.

We cover general Duvall material in the front half, and then specifically discuss Duvall’s repeat-viewing-rewarding performance in The Godfather Part II in the back half.

Duvall might be my favorite actor of all time, and it was a real treat to get a direct, one-to-one report of many years at Duvall’s side from Adam, in what became our longest episode ever of the podcast.

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Our new Netflix Roulette feature came up with the Liam Neeson film The Ice Road. When you need a grizzled, down-on-his-luck trucker to drive on a melting ice road to deliver vital equipment to rescue trapped miners… look no further than Liam Neeson.

Part of this Netflix Roulette new episodic feature we’re doing is that I’m covering the movie no matter what. In some ways, this makes this episode more fun, because The Ice Road is a messier movie than we usually do on the show. It’s 30% grounded, well-researched, man vs. nature film, 30% Michael Bay extravaganza on a budget and 40% diesel oil. Cue ZZ Top.

In all seriousness the collision between grounded and high-octane action is both the fun of the film and arguably it’s flaw as well. Listen in to find out why.

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Watch This Tonight is a movie recommendation podcast and TV recommendation podcast, produced by Voyage Media. You can find other Voyage Media podcasts at voyagemedia.fm

Chiwetel Ejiofor is one of my favorite working actors, with an insane amount of range that David Mamet thought was “impossible” - he’s also part of the school of British actors who are able to do American accents so well they frequently play Americans without any trace of natural accent. In this episode, I rundown my 3 Chiwetel Ejiofor movies you need to watch, and discover that his upcoming directorial debut (currently filming) is based on a relatively obscure book I read and loved, which should make for another excellent project for Chiwetel.

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Adam Rosen has edited a series of essays about the greatest bad/good film ever, The Room. A cult phenomenon (I've personally attended one of its Los Angeles Rocky Horror Picture Show style screenings), this movie is objectively problematic, but subjectively extraordinarily entertaining. It is surreal, earnest, hilarious, nonsensical, confusing, and just straight up great. Adam and I discuss buying the film from what is likely Tommy Wiseau's alter ego Raoul, how the movie is the film version of your first time having sex, Adam's personal relationship with the actor who played Chris R, and what he's learned from watching the film 20 times.

The book is "You Are Tearing Me Apart, Lisa!: The Year's Work on The Room, the Worst Movie Ever Made (The Year's Work: Studies in Fan Culture and Cultural Theory)" - available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/product/0253062721?ie=UTF8&linkCode=as2&tag=indiunivpres-20 You can also find Adam's website here: https://www.adammrosen.com/

Come to Watch This Tonight as your podcast for best movie recommendations. You can reach out to me @BenamorDan (Twitter), watch_this_tonight (Instagram), and @watchthistonightpodcast or join our Facebook group.

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If you really miss Forgetting Sarah Marshall Jason Segel - look no further than the new Apple+ TV series Shrinking, co-starring Harrison Ford (who, despite being 80+, still has a movie-star shirtless scene in the pilot). This show is warm, it’s fun to be with these characters, it is amiable yet messy in a way you might describe as Apatow-an.

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Frank Grillo is one of the hardest-working actors, but he's also legitimately a masterful actor. In this episode, I run down his three movies you have to watch. These three films clearly demonstrate that, in addition to being a credible cinematic tough guy, Frank is capable of delivering world-class acting craft.

What's exciting about this episode, and likely a side effect of Frank doing so many films, is that I'm pretty confident you may not have seen at least two out of the three films I'm going to recommend. Frank has a deep catalogue but these are the gems I feel have been a bit lost to cinematic time and not appreciated enough.

Come to Watch This Tonight for your best podcast recommendations for movies. You can reach out to me @BenamorDan (Twitter), watch_this_tonight (Instagram), or @watchthistonightpodcast (TikTok). If you enjoy the podcast, the best way to support it will cost you nothing but 30 seconds of your time - please leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts (and be sure to mention a movie or TV show you'd like me to cover on the podcast, and I will).

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If you listen carefully, you can hear me shouting in deranged glee, because Mayor Of Kingstown is back for Season 2. To my extreme joy, the show is not only back and better than ever, but has surprisingly taken up the mantle of The Shield, as a pitch black crime drama with deep emotional chords, shocking explosions of violence, and gallows humor. Jeremy Renner's real-life recent brush with death only makes it more impactful to see him fully in his element here. Bizarrely, the series has consistently gotten mixed to negative reviews from television critics. But look at the audience score on RottenTomatoes and you'll see there is a passionate fan base out there for this series.

That said, I rarely hear people talk about it. Are you watching Mayor Of Kingstown? If so, let me know what you think of it! You can reach me @BenamorDan (Twitter), watch_this_tonight (Instagram) and @watchthistonightpodcast (TikTok) or join our Facebook group.

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Douchebag Goes West... is one of the would-be titles for the podcast BJ Novak is making in this unusual film, now available on Amazon Prime, also starring Ashton Kutcher and Boyd Holbrook. Kind of a mystery, kind of a cultural commentary drama, very much about the collision between a condescending New Yorker and the Texans he embeds with to investigate a murder, this is kind of undefinable in a good way, and portends an exciting future for BJ Novak as a filmmaker. Your mileage may vary on the ending. I'd love to know what you think of this movie.

Come to Watch This Tonight for your best podcast recommendations for movies. You can reach me @BenamorDan (Twitter), watch_this_tonight (Instagram), @watchthistonightpodcast (TikTok) or join our Facebook group. If you enjoy the podcast, the best way to support the show is to leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts (be sure to mention in your review what movie or TV show you'd like me to cover on the podcast, and I will).

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"Happy Wayne Jenkins Day, Motherf**kers" - it's the Jon Bernthal Episode. First, I uncovered a bizarre, incredible series of coincidences (I swear I'm not making this up) that demonstrate that to my great surprise Jon Bernthal and I have more in common than I realized. Then, I break down my top 3 Jon Bernthal performances you need to watch. Jon has been steadily rising up through the ranks of actors (much as he did in Russian acting school) and has amassed an incredible lineup of performances in a wide range of movies and TV shows.

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Some cream of the network TV crop here, with the new Fox show Accused (available on Hulu). Michael Chiklis! Jill Henessey! Robert Wisdom! The Homeland team (Howard Gordon, Alex Gansa, Michael Cuesta)! With this collection of talent in front of and behind the camera, it stands to reason that Accused is going to be better than the average network TV crime procedural. This may also explain its surprisingly massive ratings success. If you are not in the mood for a bigger commitment like a serialized series or a film, this is a great appetizer-sized commitment with stand-alone anthology episodes. The first episode goes pretty bold with how it integrates Chiklis' character with a We Need To Talk About Kevin kind of son.

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